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• A healthy Leon Draisaitl can add playoff wallop to Edmonton Oilers’ one two punch

  17-04-2023 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  If the big centre can stay healthy through the 2023 NHL playoffs, the No. 2 in Edmonton's potent one-two punch can pack an even heftier wallop.
  
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• Credential approval bill comes into law after 17-month wait - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 23:51 via news.google.com
  Credential approval bill comes into law after 17-month wait  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Assault at downtown Edmonton mall sends man to hospital

  17-04-2023 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 2 p.m., police were called to City Centre Mall following reports of an assault. The victim was taken to the hospital.
  
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• Assault at downtown Edmonton mall sends 1 to hospital - Global News

  17-04-2023 23:34 via news.google.com
  Assault at downtown Edmonton mall sends 1 to hospital  Global News
  
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• Assault at downtown Edmonton mall sends 1 to hospital

  17-04-2023 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 2 p.m., police were called to City Centre Mall following reports of an assault. The victim was taken to the hospital.
  
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• Edmonton city council moves to improve relationship, accountability with police commission - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 23:31 via news.google.com
  Edmonton city council moves to improve relationship, accountability with police commission  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton address listed as pickup point in Facebook Marketplace scam: ‘It was non-stop’ - Global News

  17-04-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  Edmonton address listed as pickup point in Facebook Marketplace scam: ‘It was non-stop’  Global News
  
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• Edmonton address listed as pickup point in Facebook Marketplace scam: ‘It was non-stop’

  17-04-2023 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chris Tanzi's doorbell rang non-stop Friday and Saturday. He estimates between 20 and 30 people came by expecting to pick up a couch they thought they'd purchased online.
  
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• Media question restrictions apply only to Alberta premier, cabinet ministers say

  17-04-2023 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kaycee Madu, Adriana LaGrange and Demetrios Nicolaides took multiple questions at news conferences today.
  
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• Fact check: Did the Alberta NDP charge ‘$40 per day’ for ‘basic’ health care?

  17-04-2023 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  United Conservative leader Danielle Smith took to Twitter to post a graphic that purported to compare public health care under United Conservative and Alberta NDP governments.
  
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• David’s Bridal files for bankruptcy, may close all stores - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 22:26 via news.google.com
  David’s Bridal files for bankruptcy, may close all stores  Edmonton Journal
  
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• New grant offers $250K to business moving into downtown Edmonton - CTV News Edmonton

  17-04-2023 22:18 via news.google.com
  New grant offers $250K to business moving into downtown Edmonton  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Indigenous communities in Alberta call for regulatory overhaul after Kearl tailings leak

  17-04-2023 22:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Indigenous communities in Canada's oilsands region on Monday called for Alberta's energy regulator to be disbanded and replaced following a months-long toxic tailings seepage from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine.
  
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• First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; minister promises reform

  17-04-2023 22:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Chiefs of First Nations affected by releases of wastewater from an oilsands mine excoriated Alberta's regulator at a House of Commons committee hearing, calling it a system that serves the industry and not the public.
  
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• Suncor and contractor plead guilty in 2021 drowning death of oilsands worker

  17-04-2023 21:45 via cbc.ca
  
  The death of a 25-year-old man who drowned in a tailings pond after the dangerously thin ice beneath his bulldozer collapsed has resulted in a total of $745,000 in fines against two companies.
  
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• ‘This is war’: Cochrane man stranded in Khartoum as explosions, gunfire rage through Sudan’s capital

  17-04-2023 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cochrane man stranded in Sudan as fighting rages around his hotel. What started out as a work trip with a clear deadline has turned into a guessing game.
  
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• MATHESON: Desharnais excited to play first NHL playoff game with ... - Edmonton Sun

  17-04-2023 20:58 via news.google.com
  
  MATHESON: Desharnais excited to play first NHL playoff game with ...  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Leduc RCMP investigating alleged indecent act - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 20:49 via news.google.com
  Leduc RCMP investigating alleged indecent act  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Downtown business association launches programs, grants to revitalize Edmonton’s core

  17-04-2023 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton DBA announced $1.8 million in funding for three programs: the Downtown Retail Project, the Downtown Patio Grant and Business Adaptation and Revitalization.
  
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• Announcement: Cirque du Soleil's Corteo to parade into Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 20:01 via news.google.com
  Announcement: Cirque du Soleil's Corteo to parade into Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Prairie farmers hope for better season after years of volatility

  17-04-2023 19:25 via cbc.ca
  
  After two years wracked by drought and inflation, prairie farmers are holding out hope for a less volatile season.
  
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• 7 Things To Do In Beautiful Edmonton, Canada - TravelAwaits

  17-04-2023 19:21 via news.google.com
  
  7 Things To Do In Beautiful Edmonton, Canada  TravelAwaits
  
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• How to watch the Oilers playoffs run

  17-04-2023 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coverage starts on 630 CHED two hours before each game with the 'Faceoff Show' with Reid Wilkins.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ playoff run: How to watch

  17-04-2023 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coverage starts on 630 CHED two hours before each game with the 'Faceoff Show' with Reid Wilkins.
  
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• Ottawa seeks better reporting on environmental emergencies after Kearl oilsands leak

  17-04-2023 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several chiefs and representatives from First Nations and Metis communities affected by the Kearl leak are appearing at a House of Commons committee Monday.
  
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• Rogers moving hundreds of overseas Shaw call centre jobs to Western Canada

  17-04-2023 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rogers Communications Inc. is relocating around 300 Shaw call centre jobs based overseas to Western Canada as part of its $26-billion deal earlier this month.
  
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• Contested oilsands project on northern Alberta wetland being reconsidered by regulator

  17-04-2023 16:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's energy regulator is reconsidering a project it approved months ago after receiving a critical report on Fort Hills Energy's plan to mine oilsands from a unique carbon-storing wetland.
  
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• Alberta regulator reconsiders Fort Hills oilsands approval after critical report

  17-04-2023 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The McClelland Lake complex comprises two large patterned fens -- peat-producing wetlands featuring long strings of trees and shrubs separated by narrow pools.
  
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• Father of five who died in Edmonton garage fire 'would give the shirt off his back' - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 15:16 via news.google.com
  Father of five who died in Edmonton garage fire 'would give the shirt off his back'  Edmonton Journal
  
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• City of Edmonton embarks on urgent repairs for hundreds of Civida social housing units - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 15:15 via news.google.com
  City of Edmonton embarks on urgent repairs for hundreds of Civida social housing units  Edmonton Journal
  
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• North Central Co-op announces grocery expansion in southeast Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 14:07 via news.google.com
  North Central Co-op announces grocery expansion in southeast Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• New training offered to health-care workers who care for victims of sexual assault in rural Alberta

  17-04-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New sexual assault-care training for rural medical professionals is being welcomed by those who work with survivors in northwestern Alberta.
  
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• Edmonton councillors budgeting for the 'small stuff' - The Globe and Mail

  17-04-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  Edmonton councillors budgeting for the 'small stuff'  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Strike happening Wednesday if no deal reached, federal civil service union says

  17-04-2023 13:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Public Service Alliance of Canada leadership says all workers in a legal strike position will strike Wednesday if they don't reach an agreement by 9 p.m. ET Tuesday.
  
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• Federal public servants to strike Wednesday if no deal reached, union says

  17-04-2023 13:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Public Service Alliance of Canada leadership says all workers in a legal strike position will strike Wednesday if they don't reach an agreement by 9 p.m. ET Tuesday.
  
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• Federal civil service union in strike position giving update

  17-04-2023 13:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Public Service Alliance of Canada has scheduled a Monday morning news conference for an update on negotiations. Nearly 160,000 of its members are in a legal strike position.
  
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• Major drop in lithium prices could mean cheaper electric vehicles

  17-04-2023 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After a two-year rally, the price of lithium carbonate, which is an important ingredient in the batteries for electric vehicles, dropped by 65 per cent. That could lead to cheaper electric cars.
  
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• Partisanship is poisoning Alberta's democracy

  17-04-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Too many voters reflexively support one party they feel is part of their tribe, and are taught to fear the other side, Andrew Roth writes. His opinion piece is part of a series of personal essays the CBC is running ahead of the Alberta election.
  
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• Climate change is impacting bird migration patterns. Here's what we know

  17-04-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Climate change is affecting all aspects of our land, and also what flies in our sky. Bird migration is changing as average temperatures rise. So what does that mean for our bird species?
  
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• Canadian coroners starting to reject excited delirium as cause of police-related deaths

  17-04-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A major shift is underway in the medical community's thinking about the contentious diagnosis of excited delirium, and medical examiners and coroners across Canada and the U.S. are starting to reject it as a cause of death in police-related incidents.
  
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• Canada's farming future in trouble unless 30,000 immigrants fill gap of retiring farmers, report says

  17-04-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers say Canada needs 30,000 new immigrants to either start up their own farms, or take over existing ones, to avoid a looming labour crisis in the agriculture industry. Some worry, however, current programs aren't set up to attract or support that workforce.
  
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• Trial begins in rape cold case: Woman was assaulted in Edmonton parkade in 1981 - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Trial begins in rape cold case: Woman was assaulted in Edmonton parkade in 1981  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton Oilers were Western Conference's best this season, now they have to prove it again - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 07:35 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Oilers were Western Conference's best this season, now they have to prove it again  Edmonton Journal
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers Prospect Report: Keep On, Keeping On - Oilers Nation

  17-04-2023 01:33 via news.google.com
  The Edmonton Oilers Prospect Report: Keep On, Keeping On  Oilers Nation
  
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• TYCHKOWSKI: McDavid not concerned about target on his back - Edmonton Sun

  17-04-2023 01:00 via news.google.com
  TYCHKOWSKI: McDavid not concerned about target on his back  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Alberta NDP pledges more police, support workers to fight crime if elected

  17-04-2023 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's NDP says it will fight the province's crime by hiring more police officers and social support workers if elected in the upcoming election.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers hope last year's long playoff run greases their wheels in 2023 - Lakeland TODAY

  17-04-2023 00:40 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Oilers hope last year's long playoff run greases their wheels in 2023  Lakeland TODAY
  
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• RCMP to hold regimental funeral Thursday for Alberta officer who died in crash

  17-04-2023 00:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The RCMP say a regimental funeral will be held later this week for one of its Alberta-based officers who died in a crash while heading to help another officer.
  
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• Regimental funeral on Thursday will honour Alberta RCMP member killed in collision - Edmonton Journal

  17-04-2023 00:03 via news.google.com
  Regimental funeral on Thursday will honour Alberta RCMP member killed in collision  Edmonton Journal
  
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